Sofa bed folding fixture

Claim 1

A folding fixture for a sofa bed comprising a head section, a body section, an intermediate section and a foot section all pivotally connected together in end-to-end relationship and adapted to be folded from an extended coplanar position to a retracted position in the sofa wherein the body section extends generally horizontally bottomwise within the sofa with the intermediate section extending upwardly from the end of the body section constituting its forward end at the front of the sofa and with the foot section extending generally horizontally rearward from the upper end of the intermediate section, said fixture having at each side thereof; a support adapted to be mounted on the base of the sofa at the respective side thereof; means for locking the foot section in its retracted position; linkage interconnecting said support and said locking means; a folding leg for supporting the body section; a folding leg for supporting the foot section; said locking means comprising, a link for actuating the leg of the body section; a first bellcrank pivoted on the side of the body section and having a pivotal connection at its rearward end to said linkage and at its forward end to said leg-actuating link; a second locking bellcrank pivoted intermediate its ends to said intermediate section and having at its rearward end a pin and slot connection with the side of the body section forward of said first bellcrank, the forward end of said locking bellcrank extending generally downwardly and forwardly when said folding fixture is in its extended position; a locking link interconnecting said locking bellcrank and said leg-actuating link, said locking link being pivoted at its forward end to said locking bellcrank and having at its rearward end a pin and slot connection with the leg-actuating link forward of said connection between the first bellcrank and the leg-actuating link; and a pulling arm interconnecting said locking bellcrank and the foot section for holding the foot section in said folded position, said pulling arm being pivotally connected to the forward end of the locking bellcrank and extending generally diagonally across the corner of the intermediate and foot sections when the folding fixture is in its retracted position.